SWATting Incidents Tied to ID Theft Sites?
Summary: Krebs reports that the SWATting hoax at his home was carried out through a telecommunications relay service for deaf and hearing-impaired users, not by spoofing his mobile phone as first reported. He also notes that exposed.su, a site posting Social Security numbers and addresses of public figures, migrated to exposed.re and now tags some listed celebrities, including P. Diddy, Justin Timberlake and Ryan Seacrest, with a [Swatted] notation.
What you should know: The FBI estimates each SWATting incident costs emergency responders about $10,000, and FCC rules bar relay operators from keeping any record of calls, the text relayed, or the identity and location of the parties - so the channel used here leaves little for investigators to work with.
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